Kershaw County
Temperature Summary (1906-2006)
Highest Maximum: 111 F, June 28, 1954
Lowest Minimum: -3 F, January 22, 1985
Annual Average:
Maximum 72.4 F
Mean 60.2 F
Minimum 47.9 F
Precipitation Summary (1893-2006)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 9.62 Inches, October 11, 1990
Annual Average Rainfall: 47.44 Inches
Wettest Year: 83.41 Inches, 1928
Driest Year: 24.01 Inches, 2001
Mean Snowfall: .2 Inches
Largest Snowfall: 9.0 Inches, 1973
Extreme Events (*Data through August 2006)
19 Tornadoes (1950-2006)
Total cost from all the tornadoes $25.320 million
33 Injuries from all the tornadoes
129 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
61 Hail Events (1955-2006)
Total cost= $7,000
2 Lightning Events (1993-2006)
Total cost= $60,000
0 Lightning-related Injuries
0 Deaths from Lightning
Following data from 1993-2006
8 Total Floods
6 Flash Floods
1 River Floods
1 Coastal Flood
11 Ice, Sleet or Snow Events
15 Extreme Cold Events
174 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
